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Indian students are placing their bets on these study-abroad destinations beyond the Big 4: Here’s why

Indian students are still looking abroad, but they are choosing differently. Indian students are redrawing the study-abroad map with a calculator in hand. Fresh data tabled by the Ministry of External Affairs puts the total number of Indian students overseas at 1,882,318 (as on January 1, 2025)—a headcount spread across 153 countries and, crucially, one…

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Google founder Sergey Brin tells Stanford engineering students: I made the mistake of thinking I am the next Steve Jobs and can make …

Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently shared an important tip that he said he learned from one of the company’s biggest hardware failures. During a talk at Stanford for the engineering school’s centennial year, Google and Alphabet co-founder Sergey Brin recalled Google Glass failure. Brin spoke about Glass failure when a Stanford student asked him, “What…

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‘I’m Indian’: Tripura student’s last words before he was killed in a racial attack; protests erupt seeking justice | India News

Family and friends pay tribute to Anjel Chakma at his home in Tripura DEHRADUN: A 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura, who confronted a group of men hurling racial slurs at him and his younger brother, died in a Dehradun hospital on Friday after fighting for his life for over 14 days. The stabbing happened on…

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J&K students association says another Kashmiri shawl seller assaulted | India News

SRINAGAR: J&K Students Association (JKSA) has expressed outrage after a fresh incident in which a Kashmiri shawl seller was allegedly assaulted in Himachal Pradesh, leaving him with fractures and multiple injuries.Jehangir Ahmad, who has been selling shawls in Dehra area of Kangra district for 15 years, was allegedly thrashed, threatened, abused and told to leave…

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1,018 students receive degrees at NIT Patna’s 14th convocation | Patna News

Patna: The 14th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna, was held on Saturday and presided over by the chairman of the institute’s board of governors, Ashok Kumar Modi.The ceremony was organised under the guidance of institute director P K Jain, with the support of faculty members, officers, staff and students. Sunil…

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Concert attack in Bangladesh: James show cancelled after bricks hurled; 15–20 students injured

A concert of Bangladeshi rock musician James was called off after what the organisers described as an “attack from the outsiders.” As per BDnews24, the event scheduled at the Faridpur District School turned violent when a group of people tried to force their way into the venue after being denied entry and began hurling bricks…

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UGC NET December 2025 city intimation slip: NTA issues important notice for students, details here

UGC-NET December 2025 candidates advised to download City Intimation Slip from official portal only UGC-NET December 2025 notice urges candidates to download City Intimation Slip only from official portalThe National Testing Agency shared a new notice. It is important. This is for students giving the UGC-NET exam. The exam is in December 2025. Students should…

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Grim roll call of 2025: Indian students who lost their lives this year while studying abroad

A string of Indian student deaths across countries shook families and campus communities. Image: AI generated Across the year, one headline after another chipped away at the glossy study-abroad promise. A student found dead in a room they had just started calling home. Another shot while working a night shift. Someone killed in a crash…

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Newspaper reading now a must for students in UP government schools | India News

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has made newspaper reading compulsory for students of all state-run secondary and basic schools to cultivate reading habits, reduce screen time and develop critical, and logical thinking skills among them.An order issued by additional chief secretary (basic and secondary education) Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, on December 23 says newspapers, both English…

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Delhi high court bars dummy school from running classes XI and XII, admitting students | India News

NEW DELHI: In a crackdown on the functioning of a dummy school that enrolled hundreds of students in higher secondary classes, the Delhi high court on Wednesday barred it from running classes XI and XII or admitting new students. High court also initiated contempt of court proceedings against the owner and management of Richmondd Global…

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